The Shadow That Haunts Chinese Students in America

The Shadow That Haunts Chinese Students in America
A group gathered to greet Chinese head of state Xi Jinping, mostly made up of students, outside the Old Executive Office Building in Washington on Sept. 25, 2015. Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times
Peter Zhang
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Recently, there has been some buzz in the media about President Donald Trump’s alleged characterization of virtually every Chinese student studying in the United States as being a spy, despite the fact that he didn’t identify the country by name. While the mainstream media might find his words far-fetched, Trump wasn’t totally off the mark.

On Feb. 13, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified at a Senate hearing that a massive Chinese intelligence espionage network, “whether it’s professors, scientists, students,” is in operation at universities across the United States. “We see [that] in almost every field office the FBI has around the country. It’s not just major cities. It’s small ones as well,” he said.

Peter Zhang
Peter Zhang
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Peter Zhang is a researcher on political economy in China and East Asia. He focuses on China’s trade, diplomacy, and human rights issues and is affiliated with the Global and International Studies at the University of Salamanca. Peter is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School as a Mason fellow.
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